This Week in Travel Startup Funding: Zozi, SnapShot and More

Tours and activities startups are having a renaissance of sorts and Zozi is the latest proof of that.

— Dan Peltier

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Each week we create a roundup of travel startups that have received or announced funding that week. The total amount raised this week was about $60 million.

Here are four companies that announced they raised funding this week, listed in order by the highest amount raised. See previous roundups here.

>>Zoziraised a $30 million Series C round from new investors Richard Branson and Bridge Bank and existing investors Pritzker Vlock Ventures, Par Capital Ventures, 500 Startups, and Dolby Family Ventures. It brings the San Francisco-based startup’s total funding to $51.3 million.

Zozi is a reservation and payments platform and marketplace for tours and activities that uses its software to connect merchants with travelers looking for deals. Merchants pay Zozi a monthly subscription fee and travelers pay a transaction fee during the online booking process. The company plans to use its new funding to make its site more appealing to the millennial market.

>>SnapShot raised a $27.6 million Series B round from new investor Shiji Networks bringing the Berlin, Germany-based startup’s total funding to $29.8 million.

Founded in 2013, SnapShot is a consultancy firm for hotels to help them with revenue management, distribution, marketing and finance. The startup will use its new funding to launch a new hotel analytics platform and scale to more hotels around the world.

Based in Tel Aviv, Israel the startup helps travelers list, discover and book short-term spaces to create unique event experiences during a business or leisure trip. Splacer charges space providers a 15% commission on each booking and charges a 10% commission on referrals for verified event service providers. Bookable spaces include lofts, art galleries and beach villas and the new funding will be used to expand to New York City.

Founded in 2014 and based in Palma De Mallorca, Spain, Hundredrooms is a vacation rental metasearch platform for Spanish-speaking travelers. The startup plans to use the funding to focus on apartments managed by private individuals and to expand to more Spanish-speaking markets.

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